ALL UNSAVED PROGRESS WILL BE LOST
Virtual reality, 6DoF, 10’

YEAR 2022
ART DIRECTION, PRODUCTION, DEVELOPMENT Mélanie Courtinat
ORIGINAL MUSIC Yatoni
DISTRIBUTION Diversion Cinema

Certain historical events defy representation; they offer no analogies, no precedents in experience. These are catastrophes of a new kind, for which our eyes, our ears, and even our language remain unprepared.

All Unsaved Progress Will Be Lost is a sensorial journey that explores our deepest fears and resilience in the face of unimaginable horrors, through the story of a survivor who chose not to evacuate her home. Voluntarily confined to a space rendered inhospitable, she recounts her vision of the disaster in a surreal landscape made of concrete and fog—a portrayal of a land where no return to origins is possible.

It is only in the final moments that the nature of this calamity is disclosed, yet without this knowledge, the looming threat remains silent, unnamed, inviting viewers to confront their own anxieties about possible future catastrophes.

Premiered in 2022 at the Venice Biennale within the Immersive Selection, the project has since been showcased over twenty times in exhibitions and festivals worldwide. That same year, it was distinguished with the Best VR Award at Animafest Zagreb.